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80s TV Ladies

By: 134 West | Susan Lambert Hatem & Sharon Johnson
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  • 80s TV Ladies is dedicated to the beloved female-driven shows of the 1980s! Join hosts Susan Lambert Hatem and Sharon Johnson as they talk about the fabulous ladies of television: Cagney & Lacey, Designing Women, A Different World, The Golden Girls and more.

    With special guests, TV creators and stars! Do these shows we hold so dear hold up? Let's find out.

    Love 80s pop-culture, television, fabulous women? On our show you’ll hear a breakdown how these shows got made, how they were influenced by the times and, in turn, how they influenced pop-culture trends to follow. We also love talking about the “two-steps forward, one-step-back” lens of media-driven feminism.

    Season 1:
    Scarecrow and Mrs. King
    Remington Steele
    Cagney & Lacey

    Season 2:
    Queer representation in 70s and 80s
    9 to 5 - It's a Living
    Designing Women
    Ladies of the 80s: A Divas Christmas
    Star Trek Ladies
    Moonlighting

    Special guests: Eugenie Ross-Leming, Martha Smith, Robin Bernheim, Stephanie Zimbalist, Evan Ball, Debbie Evans, Barney Rosenzweig, Tyne Daly, Sharon Gless, Karen Arthur, Cynthis Beemis Abrams, Matt Baume, Jane Epsensen, Drew Greenberg, Paul Kreppel, Bryan Edward Hill, Maggie Friedman, Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, Stan Zimmerman, Mary Lou Belli, Nana Visitor, Glenn Gordon Caron, Shery Main and more!

    We publish every other Wednesday.
    Tell us: Who should we talk to and what's your favorite 80s Ladies television show? https://www.80stvladies.com
    Susan Lambert and 134 West
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Episodes
  • Directing Miami Vice and Cagney & Lacey | Jan Eliasberg

    Directing Miami Vice and Cagney & Lacey | Jan Eliasberg
    May 8 2024
    “I was quite set on theater. I was going to go out to Los Angeles for one year -- and that was it. Then I was going to go back to New York and devote myself to the theater. It didn’t work out that way.” -- Jan Eliasberg

    80s TV Ladies "Director Ladies" series continues as Susan and Sharon welcome legendary director Jan Eliasberg. Jan began her television director career in the 1980s with an episode of Cagney & Lacey -- and she went on to be the first female director ever on Miami Vice, Crime Story and 21 Jump Street. She has also directed episodes of Dirty Dancing, L.A. Law, Dawson’s Creek, Party of Five, Sisters, Parenthood, Nashville, Supernatural, Bull and NCIS: Los Angeles. Jan recently published her first novel, Hannah’s War.

    In this enlightening conversation, Jan discusses how the American Film Institute (AFI) and “The Original Six” opened up opportunities for her and other female directors; how to navigate directing a network television show for the first time -- and how courage, tenacity and little guile can make all the difference …

    THE CONVERSATION
    • How do you get 10,000 hours of experience when directing requires so much time, money and people: Europe or Yale?
    • What can Shakespeare and Ibsen teach you about directing TV? Everything…
    • Frances McDormand, Angela Bassett, John Turturo, Tony Shalhoub and Courtney Vance -- how do you quickly figure out what different actors need to create great performances?
    • What happens when you direct a play about South African apartheid in St. Louis in the early 1980s?
    • On shadowing directors: “I’m already a director -- what am I doing watching these people? I mean, they’re good, but I’m good, too. And that was the kind of confidence -- or maybe you could say arrogance, fearlessness - -that it takes to go into a field that is predominantly male and actually make a dent and get a job.”
    • How a twisty game of cat-and-mouse with Barney Rosensweig led to Jan’s first directing gig -- on Cagney & Lacey. (S5, EP13 -- “Act of Conscience”).
    • Directing L.A. Law -- and David Kelly’s very first script!
    • How asking others for advice is a gift that goes both ways.
    • Directing two classic, fan-favorite episodes of Miami Vice.
    • Jan gets her first feature film in 1988: How I Got Into College -- but you won’t believe what happened to her on Day Two of filming…
    • Past Midnight -- working with the great Rutger Hauer and Natasha Richardson.
    • Is the window for women directors opening or closing? Jan gives us her take.
    So, join Susan, Sharon -- and Jan -- as they talk Dennis Farina, Michael Moriarty, Rutger Hauer, Paul Giamatti, Daniel Craig, Meg Foster, Sela Ward, Swoosie Kurtz, Kirsten Dunst, George Clooney, Patricia Arquette, Stanley Tucci -- and creamsicles!

    AUDIOGRAPHY
    Find out more about Jan at JanEliasberg.com.
    Buy Jan’s new novel Hannah’s War at Bookshop.
    Read Michael Cieply's 1988 article on Jan and other fired women directors at LA Times.

    80s TV LADIES NEWS
    Catch 90s TV Baby Serita Fontanesi’s “Not Ugly” podcast at Apple.

    CONNECT
    • Read transcripts and more at 80sTVLadies.com.
    • Get ad-free episodes and exclusive videos on PATREON.
    Find more cool podcasts at our host sight, Weirding Way Media.
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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • Welcome New Listeners! April 8TL Mailbag + In Memorium

    Welcome New Listeners! April 8TL Mailbag + In Memorium
    Apr 24 2024
    The Best Indie Podcast nomination IS the award!

    Susan and Sharon thank ALL the listeners who came out to support “80’s TV Ladies” as Best Indie Podcast for the WEBBY AWARDS. A big welcome to all our new listeners! And a sincere thank you to all who voted and to our listeners who reached out.

    BIG THANKS to our friends who shouted us out, including:
    • Chris Stachiw from Weirding Way Media Network and the Kulturecast Podcast.
    • Scott Philbrook and Forrest Burgess of the Astonishing Legends podcast.
    • Richard Hatem of Richard Hatem’s Paranormal Bookshelf podcast.
    • And an extra special thank you to TikTok superstar and creator of Phineas and Ferb, Dan Povenmire, and all his fans.

    All of you went the extra mile to support us and bring new listeners to the show, so THANK YOU!

    And of course, the biggest thank you of all -- TO OUR LOYAL FANS!
    And listen in on the first official 8TL Mailbag, where we get feedback and answer questions and get feedback from you, our fans! PLUS -- an April 2024 “In Memorium Salute”.

    AUDIOGRAPHY

    Check out the Webby Nominee Press Release with our names and Michelle Obama. We’re 26 lines ABOVE Michelle Obama. Just saying.
    Watch Matt Baume’s YOUTUBE Channel episode “Bewitched: It Was Gay All Along?”
    Listen in on the new podcast, Richard Hatem’s Paranormal Bookshelf
    And Chris Stachiw’s movie review podcast, The Kulturecast.
    Explore the world of Scott Philbrook & Forrest Burgess’s Astonishing Legends podcast.
    Find Dan Povenmire on TikTok And Twitter.
    Watch Hamster and Gretel and Phineas and Ferb.

    Abortion access in America is severely limited – if you need help go to Abortionfinder.org.

    CONNECT
    • Read transcripts and more at 80sTVLadies.com.
    • Tell us what shows we should cover at 8TL Facebook or via 80sTVLadies.com.
    • Get ad-free episodes and exclusive videos on PATREON.
    Find more cool podcasts at our host sight, Weirding Way Media.
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    21 mins
  • Nominated For Best Indie Podcast | Help Us Win a Webby Award!

    Nominated For Best Indie Podcast | Help Us Win a Webby Award!
    Apr 17 2024
    Help us win a Webby Award - Vote at WebbyAwards.com.

    Vote for 80’s TV Ladies for Best Indie Podcast at the Webby Awards Now!
    Voting ends Thursday, April 18th, 2024. Vote: tinyurl.com/vote80tvl

    Thanks to our dear friends, Weirding Way Media and Astonishing Legends for all their support!
    Cheers and welcome to any Richard Hatem's Paranormal Bookshelf fans.
    One Day More!
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    2 mins
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